The 2016 Spring Regional is in the books. I would first like to thank Rick Stewart for working tirelessly in the pits all weekend, and also for guiding me through my first match as Match Director (I’ve learned from the best). Also thanks go to Gerald Boudreaux, Glen Padgett, Mickey Brinkman, and Gary Henry for assisting in the pits when not shooting or scoring. Thanks to Mr. Joe Mistretta for helping keep the line in order all weekend. And finally, thanks to Mrs. Tammy Stewart for keeping the stats all weekend.
Fifty-Six shooters showed up to battle it out against each other and the elements, which tested even the veteran shooters. Shooters came from Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri, and Louisiana.
Saturday welcomed shooters with what began as a somewhat manageable wind condition and the temperatures in the mid 50’s and climbing to the low 70’s. By the end of the day the winds had increased to where the flags were often tipping up and changing from full value to half or even quarter value and back to full so quickly that it was difficult to make a good wind call. Sunday started out with absolutely perfect conditions, temperatures were in the low to mid 40’s and the wind was almost non-existent. This calm didn’t last for long as the winds picked up a little and became relatively light and variable for the remainder of the day making for some very challenging conditions.
Although the conditions were extremely challenging there were 26-200’s shot, twelve of which were in the first relay on Sunday. One of the 200’s, 200-18x shot by Norman Harrold, is one X off of tying a National Record of 200-19x.
Sixteen shooters competed in Prone, at the end of the first day Kenny Porter had a 5 shot lead over Randy Nash. In the end Kenny finished out the match with a total score of 1194-57x to take the Gold Medal. Bill Jenkins took Silver with an 1188-55x and David Van Bramer took Bronze with an 1187-54x.
1st High Master was Warren Freeman with an 1187-51x. Randy Nash took 2nd High Master with an 1183-58x. David Bay was 1st Master with an 1167-49x and Sam Entrican was 1st in Expert with an 1143-37.
On the F-Class Open side there were 21 shooters. Shawn Broussard had a 3 shot lead over Kevin Shepherd at the conclusion of day one. Shawn went on to drop only 1 point on day two to take the Gold Medal with an 1193-58x. Kevin Shepherd took Silver with an 1189-56x and William Whitman took Bronze with an 1188-57x. Jim Suber took 1st High Master with an 1187-60x and David Decareaux took 2nd High Master with an 1184-51x.
On the F-TR side there were 19 shooters. Craig Martin had a commanding 10 shot lead by the end of the first day over Jade Delcambre. Craig never let up on day two and took the Gold Medal with an 1189-51x. Jade Delcambre took Silver with an 1178-53x, and Alton Britt took Bronze with an 1177-44x. Tony Arcement took 1st High Master with an 1170-48x, Glen Padgett took 2nd High Master with an 1165-42x (having just made High Master 3 days before the match). Erik Kliebert to 1st Master with an 1152-31x. Kent Hall took 1st in Expert/Sharpshooter/Marksman class with an 1149-27x.
Our next big match is the Champions de la Louisianne (Louisiana Championship) in October. Contact Rick Stewart for more information about registration.
Thanks to everyone for coming out and great shooting by all.
Vaughan
Scores are in the attached file